Special guest artist takes over Thurbear this week!

When he's not creating cool marketing graphics for USA TODAY or biding his time with "little outside commercial projects" that happen to end up winning Emmy Awards, artist Keith Carter is knocking down the animation festival circuit with his Captain Amazing-Lad short films. He graciously agreed to add some much needed energy to this week's page with a custom strip designed just for Thurbear. Be sure to check out more of his dazzling work at his Captain Amazing-Lad site. And, Keith, just for the record: It doesn't suck. I'd say it's rather amazing. -- casey